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Trustees  of  the  Western  Illinois 
State  Normal  School  for  the 
Years  Ending  Dec.  26,  190$ 


Report  of  Trustees 


MACOMB,  ILLINOIS,  December  26,  1908. 

To  the  Honorable  Charles  S.  Deneen , Governor  of  Illinois: 

In  compliance  with  Section  VIII,  of  the  Act  of 
April  24,  1899,  establishing  the  Western  Illinois  State 
Normal  School,  the  Board  of  Trustees  submits  the  fol- 
low ing  report  of  its  actions  and  proceedings,  with  a 
statement  of  all  accounts  connected  therewith,  for  the 
period  beginning  Jan.  1,  1907,  and  ending  Dec.  26,  1908. 

During  the  year  ending  August  30,  1907,  there 

were  enrolled  703  students,  including  276  in  the  Elemen- 
tary, or  training  school.  Of  these,  on  the  recommenda- 
tion off  the  faculty,  22  were  awarded  the  diploma  of  the 
school  June  6 and  one  December  16,  1907. 

The  enrollment  for  the  yeah  ending  August  31,  1908, 
was  845.  Of  these  212  were  in  the  elementary  schools. 
On  the  recommendation  of  the  faculty  thirty-six  diplo- 
mas were  authorized  June  10,  and  four  at  the  regular 
meeting  held  September  14,  1908. 

The  whole  number  of  graduates  of  ihe  school  is 
now  146.  Nearly  all  of  them  are  engaged  in  teaching, 


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and  ajs  we  judge  from  the  report's,  a fair  share  of  them 
with  marked  success. 

The  arrangement  entered  into  in  1906  with  school 
District  No.  56  of  McDonough  county,  referred  to  in 
our  biennial  report  of  that  year,  has  fully  justified  itself. 

The  training  teacher  alssigned  to  duty  in  that  dis- 
trict has  proven  to  be  eminently  adapted  to  that  peculiar 
work  with  the  geneiral  result  that  the.  affiliated  country 
school  has  been  greatly  improved,  even  in  some  respects, 
become  ideal,  wdiile  it  has  been  of  great  service  to  the 
Normal  School  for  training  purposes. 

Somevrhat  in  halrmony  with  this  relationship  has 
been  the  establishment  of  a small  agricultural  experi- 
ment field  co-oper.ative  with  the  station  at  the  Univer- 
sity. This  field,  of  between  two  and  three  acres,  is 
divided  into  plots  a rod  square,  so  arranged  and  culti- 
vated as  to  be  a repetition  on  a smaller  scale  of  the 
Soil  experiments  at  Urbana.  The  Agricultural  college 
of  the  University  has  very  generously  taken  care  that 
wre  have  kept  headed  in  the  right  direction  with  this 
particular,  piece  of  work.  Again,  ais  a further  effort  to 
meet  the  needs  of  the  farm  schools,  ai  shdrt  course  has 
been  provided  for  young  persons  who  have  decided  to 
teach  in  the  ungraded  schools  and  who,  as  they  think, 
cannot  possibly  arrange  to  make  full  preparation.  This 
is  an  experiment.  We  are  not  absolutely  clear  that  it 
will  prove  to  be  the  right  thing.  It  seemed  Avorth  try- 
ing, and  is  in  harmony  with  our  general  purpose  to  keep 
the  country  schools  in  mind  and  serve  them  as  well  as 
the  graded  schools,  if  we  can. 


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These  are  the  only  things,  which,  if  any,  differen- 
tiate this  school  from  the  other  teachers  ’ training 
schools.  The  broader  aim  is  to  take  young  students 
who  have  prepared  for  college,  or  its  equivalent,  and 
train  them  in  tthe  art  of  teaching  children.  Perhaps, 
too,  an  observer  might  get  an  impression  from  the 
things  referred  to  (and  our  free  use  of  many  forms  of  man- 
ual and  household  arts  as  education  stuff),  that  practical 
ability  to  do  things — solve  problems — is  in  danger  of 
emphasis  at  the  expense  of  wdiat  is  commonly  thought 
of  as  scholarship.  We  are  guarding  against  such  a mis- 
take, but  we  believe  that  school  education  should,  from 
first  to  last  increase  the  power  of  every  child  to  lift,  or 
push,  or  pull  his  own  weight,  which  leads  us  to  rate 
practical  ability  as  high  as  culture,  and  to  send  our 
cadets  into  the  field  prepared  as  well  as  possible  to 
balance  these  sometimes  conflicting  aims. 

Our  financial  needs  were  comfortably  provided  for 
by  the  Forty-fifth  General  Assembly.  The  sum  of 
$1693.24,  made  up  of  small  balances  from  eight  differ- 
ent funds  appropriated  by  the  43d  and  44th  general 
assemblies  for  building  and  furnishing,  was  returned  to 
the  Stajte  Treasury  December  14,  1908.  Our  require- 
ments for  ordinary  expenses  for  the  next  two  years 
will  not  greatly,  if  at  all,  exceed  the  amount  used  during 
the  period  covered  by  this  report. 

The  following  statement  of  the  receipts  from  all 
sources,  and  the  expenditures  for  the  calendar  year 
1907,  and  for.  the  year  1908  to  the  date  of  this  report, 
will  exhibit  the  use  made  of  the  funds. 


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Receipts  and  Disbursements  for  the  year  end- 
ing December  31,  1907. 

RECEIPTS  FROM  ALL  SOURCES. 

Date.  From  Whom  Received — Fund.  Amount 

Jan.  1,  Balance  on  hand  $ 29,540.99 

Jan.  3,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special 200.00 

Mar.  16,  Same  200.00 

Apr.  3,  Same  . . . 100.00 

Apr.  4,  Same  100.00 

Apr.  12,  J.  M.  Keefer,  ordinary .75 

Apr.  20,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special 100.00 

May  1,  P.  D.  Campbell,  physical  and  chem- 
ical laboratory  7.00 

Ma>  17,  J.  M.  Keefeir,  improvement  of 

grounds  4.50 

June  5,  State  Treasurer,  ordinary  20,090.00 

June  7,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special 400.00 

June  1 1,  J.  M.  Keefer,  improvement  of  grounds  21.60 

June  27,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special  100.00 

July  8,  State  Treasurer,  ordinary 15,000.00 

July  8,  State  Treasurer,  library 3,000.00 

July  8,  State  Treasurer,  improvement  of 

grounds 3,000.00 

July  8,  State  Treasurer,  repairs 2,000.00 

July  8,  State  Treasurer,  trustees ’ expenses.  . 500.00 

July  8,  State  Treasurer,  paving  and  concrete  5,000.00 

Aug.  29,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special 54.87 

Sept.  23,  State  Treasurer,  ordinary 15,000.00 

Sept.  24,  Alfred  Bayliss,  ordinary . 350.00 


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Sept.  25,  J.  M.  Keefer,  improvement  of 

grounds 7.50 

Oet.  5,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special 200.00 

Oct.  14,  American  Type  Founders  Company, 

ordinajry .20 

Nov.  4,  J.  M.  Keefer,  ordinary 52.50 

Nov.  9,  J.  M.  Keefer,  ordinary . 2.50 

Nov.  18,  J.  M.  Keefer,  ordinary 35.00 

Dec.  5,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special 100.00 


$ 95,167.41 

DISBURSEMENTS. 

Biological  laboratory  $ 74.20 

Building  Fund 707.58 

Drawing  department 380.00 

Fencing  and  drainage  25.50 

Gymnasium  59.00 

Improvement  of  grounds  4,798.58 

Library 5,314.54 

Manual  training  - 83.87 

Maps  and  charts 7.50 

Ordinary 56,066.37 

Paving  and  concrete  1,643.25 

Physical  and  chemical  laboratory  907.24 

Repairs  821.29 

Seating  assembly  hall  and  additional  rooms . 177.00 

Seating  society  halls  . 195.65 

Trustees 9 expenses  154.87 

Dec.  31,  Balance  on  hand  23,750.97 


$ 95,167.41 


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Receipts  and  Expenditures  for  the  year  1908  to  the 
date  of  this  Report,  December  26,  1908. 


RECEIPTS. 

Bate.  From  Whom  Received — Fund.  Amount. 

Jan.  1,  Balance  on  hand $ 23,750.97 

Jan.  22  Josie  A.  Tabler,  special  100.00 

Mar.  10,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special  100  00 

Mar.  23,  State  Treasurer,  ordinary 15,000.00 

Apr.  1,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special  100.00 

May  5,  J.  M.  Keefer,,  ord inary 0030 

June  3,  J.  M.  Keefer,  imp.  of  grounds s£c75 

Jane  3,  W.  F.  T wyman,  Special 200.00 

Jane  10,  State  Treasurer,  ordinary  15,000.00 

June  10,  State  Treasurer,  repairs 2,000.00 

June  10,  State  Treasurer,  library  3,000.00 

June  10,  State  Treasurer,  trustees ’ fund...  500.00 

Aug.  5,  J.  M.  Keefer,  imp.  of  grounds 1.40 

Sept.  1,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special 138.03 

Sept.  15,  State  Treasurer,  ordinary 15,000.00 

Sept.  19,  Josie  A.  Tabler,  special  .........  27.5(3, 

Oct.  1,  Alfred  Bayhsgfspecial  100.00 

Oct.  5,  J.  M.  Keefer,  special  - ./  6.81 

Oct.  24,  H.  K.  *Smitlh,  special  37.36 

Oct.  24,  J.  M.  Keefer,  ordinary  1.00 

Oct.  24,  W.  D.  Allen  Mfg.  Co.,  ordinary  . . . 14.85 

Nov.  7,  J.  M.  Keefer,  special 20.00 

Nov.  9,  Fred  Smith,  Imp.  of  grounds  3.00 

No\ . 10,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special  100.00 

Dec.  14.  State  Treasurer,  ordinary  . 15,000.00 

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Dec.  18,  J.  M.  Keefer,  ordinary 3.24 

Dee.  19,  Alfred  Bayliss,  special  100.00 


$ 90, ISIS  " 


DISBURSEMENTS. 


Additional  Furniture  and  furnishings 

Biological  Laboratory  

Building  

Carpets  

Drawing  department  ,* 

Fencing  and  drainage  

Furniture  for  completed  building 

Gymnasium  

Improvement  of  grounds  

Library  

Manual  training  

Maps  and  charts  

Ordinary  

Paving  and  concrete  

Repairs  

Seating  assembly  hall  and  additional  rooms. 

Seating  society  halls 

Trustees’  expenses  

Special  

December  26,  Balance  on  hand  


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Respectfully  submitted  for  the  Board  of  Trustees, 
L.  H.  HANNA,  President. 
JOHN  A.  MEAD,  Secretary. 


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